Entries Tagged as ‘recession’

March 10, 2009

Cultural effects of “The Great Recession”

In general, I have never believed in categorizing a group of people as “Generation X” or “Generation Y.” The whole concept of summing up 50 million people in one word and a letter seems fundamentally flawed. And the more you dig into the details, the more absurd it seems. Generation Y, also known as the [...]

February 15, 2009

Saturday night at Recession Central

This weekend, we’re up in northern Massachusetts with Jon’s dad, visiting friends and family. Yesterday, we decided to head up to Nashua, New Hampshire, to go to Circuit City and check out the liquidation sale. (Nashua is about 15 minutes away from where we’re staying.) The whole strip mall was deserted. Circuit City was offering [...]